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Оглавление“If you trust me, Jane, you’ve got to help me find the answers I need.”
Clay paused, watching her closely, not wanting to give her another reason to despise him. But the case took priority over their personal situation, so he said the hard thing anyway. “Don’t let your sympathy for your brother-in-law blind you.”
Her expression changed, and he felt like a ruthless bastard. He didn’t take back what he’d said, though. His first priority had to be that missing little girl. In the absence of cooperation from her father, Drew Wilson, Clay needed Jane’s. It was that simple. This wasn’t some kind of competition, with him needing to prove she was on his side.
He didn’t like that he had to wonder if he was lying to himself.
He softened his tone. “Help me, Jane.”
She took what seemed to be an angry swipe at her eyes, and after a moment gave a nod. “For my niece,” she said tightly. “What is it you want to know?”
Was it that easy? Was she surrendering because she really did trust him—or because her loyalty to her niece was more powerful than her also steadfast loyalty to her brother-in-law? Clay suddenly wasn’t sure he wanted to know the answer to that.
